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Unscrewed

Sephardim and Mizrahim don’t feel discriminated against, while rich Ashkenazim do? What gives?

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On the Road to Perdition with Waze

The Israeli-designed community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is one of the so-called start-up nation’s biggest success stories. But could Waze be harming our environment and our democracy?

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Body Politic

Israel possesses the bodies of five Islamic Jihad militants and has a decision to make. Should the bodies be immediately returned to relatives, or should they be used as part of a negotiation tactic?

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The Sabbath: Day of Unrest

Israel’s Supreme Court says stores should stay open in Tel Aviv on the Sabbath. Some say they struck a blow for freedom. Some say, workers deserve a day off. Some say, God is a higher authority.

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Meretz: Same Great Party – Now, with Less Zionism!

Leaders of the long-time standard-bearer for Israel’s liberal, Zionist left – Meretz – say their party is no longer Zionist. Is it time to retire the “Z Word”?

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Balfour’s Declaration, Jewish Celebration, and Palestinian Vexation: An Evaluation

It is the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, affirming the right of Jews to a “national home” in Palestine. It was controversial then, and remains so today.

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It’s the Patriarchy, Stupid!

There’s a brouhaha over a feminist Member of Knesset who suggested that kids might be better off if there were no marriages or nuclear families.

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The Gift of Gabbay

Avi Gabbay, the new head of the Labor Party, presumptive leader of the left, and heir not-so-apparent to Israel’s premiership, has triangulated to the right.

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Ruvi Rivlin’s Presidential Address of Existential Distress

President Reuven Rivlin made a chilling speech to Knesset, in which he warned that Israeli democracy itself may be imperiled.

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